Quoit



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QUOIT.

WITNESSES A Home ri. FEIERS. Pumwumn n hm. Walhington. 0.1:.

NIIED STATES HENRY F. MANN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

QUOIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,773, dated July 24,1883.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. MANN, aciti zen of the United States,residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Disksor Quoits for use in the Game of Quoits; and I hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is aperspective view of the quoit, showing the manner of holding the same.Fig. 2 is a sectional view. Fig. 3 is a face view or elevation.

Like letters refer to' like parts wherever they occur.

Heretofore the quoit commonly used has been an annular disk having oneconvex or beveled face and one fiat or slightly cupped face, and hasbeen liable to turn over, roll, or slide after striking the earth, thusmaterially interfering with the accuracy and skill of the play.Furthermore, as the only grip for thethumb of the player was upon theconvex surface of the disk or the inner edge of the ring, there was aliability of the disk slipping in the hand and disarranging the aim, orelse the thumb was unnaturally spread from the forefinger in order toobtain a firm hold on the inner margin of the annulus.

- The object of my present invention is twofold: first, to enable thequoit to be seized and held firmly in an easy, comfortable, and naturalposition, so that the aim shall not be disturbed by change of positionof the quoit in the hand during the act of throwing, and to this end itconsists in forming a thumbgroove in the face of the quoit; and,secondly, to obviate the rolling or turning over of the quoit after itstrikes the earth, and to this end it consists in forming the quoitwitha peripheral groove, which not only provides biting or embeddingedges on both faces of the quoit, which prevents its rolling over orsliding upon striking the earth, but also provides a means for bracingthe forefinger of the thrower.

I will now proceed to describe my invention more specifically, so thatothers skilled in the art to which it appertainsmay apply the same.

In the drawings, A indicates the quoit,

which may be of any suitable material, butis commonly of cast metal, or,if of other material-as, for instance, wood, rubber, &cshould beweighted to give it the required gravity. The disk A is of greatestthickness or width at or near its periphery, and is provided with aperipheral groove, c, of sufficient depth to form the acute edges to,and this groove will also accommodate the forefinger of the player andfacilitate a firm grip. On one or both faces of the disk Aare annularthumb-grooves b, which permit the thumb, when holding the quoit, toassume an. easy and natural position approaching and substantiallyparallel with the forefinger.

It will be observed that the groove b and peripheral groove a reduce thedisk at its periphery to an acute edge or edges, which, when the quoitis thrown, will, upon striking the earth, embed itself and prevent therolling over or sliding of the quoit,-and when, as preferred, thethumb-groove b is formed on both sides, a double-faced quoit will beobtained, with all its attendant advantages. Where the thumb-groove b ismade in both faces of the quoit, the under groove, when the quoit isheld in position for throwing, will receive the second finger of theplayer, and thus provide a seat which increases the firmness of the gripand the easy and natural position of the thumb and several fingers ofthe hand.

When desired, a series of depressions may be made at intervals in thebottom of the peripheral groove to, as indicated by dotted lines i, Fig.3, in order to increase the purchase of the forefinger. Throughout thespecification I have spoken of the groove 1) as annular, and haverepresented it as a continuous groove, because such is the preferredform, and it is more convenient to make it thus; but itis evident thegroove b may be interrupted or segmental with attendant advantages, andI hereby assert the same to be within the scope of my invention.

Having thus set forth the nature and advantages of my invention, whatIclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A quoit provided 011 its face with a thumb -groove, substantially asand for the purposes specified,

2. A quoit having aperipheral groove, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses,this 23d day of IO 3. A quoit having a thumb-groove upon its June, 1883.

face, and provided with a peripheral groove,

5 substantially as and for the pur wses specified.

4:. A quoit having an annular thumb-groove upon each face, and aperipheral groove, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

HENRY F. MANN. \Vitnesses:

F. \V. BITTER, J12, H. B. Mom/rev.

